From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 1 16:40:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ucan.foad.org (ucan.foad.org [64.173.36.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A220637B400 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:40:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from pde@localhost) by ucan.foad.org (foad/FOAD2.0) id g320enN00863 for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:40:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 16:40:49 -0800 From: Pete Ehlke To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qmail (Was: Maintaining Access Control Lists ) Message-ID: <20020401164049.A6686@ehlke.net> References: <20020402002108.4432.qmail@cr.yp.to> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020402002108.4432.qmail@cr.yp.to>; from djb@cr.yp.to on Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:21:08AM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:21:08AM -0000, D. J. Bernstein wrote: > > Did Venema scream that Postfix had ``A BUG'' that ``made'' systems > ``vulnerable to memory exhaustion attacks''? Did he post an ``exploit'' > for this Postfix ``BUG''? Did he try to have Postfix entries added to > vulnerability databases? Did he admit that his approach was vastly more > complicated and error-prone than system resource limits? No, he didn't. > http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/240354 Exactly what part of self reporting this to bugtraq, and describing it himself as a "stupid error" does not count as 'scream[ing] that Postfix had ``A BUG'' that ``made'' systems ``vulnerable to memory exhaustion attacks'' '? -Pete -- "religious fanatics are not part of my desired user base." - djb@cr.yp.to To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message